Does Sleep Apnea Cause Obesity

Name: Does Sleep Apnea Cause Obesity
Uploaded: 2024-04-12T12:00:28+00:00
Duration: 44 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: A short YouTube monologue (Dr. Charles Mok) summarizing study findings on the bidirectional relationship between obesity and obstructive sleep apnea. The…

12 Apr 2024 · 1 min

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A short YouTube monologue (Dr. Charles Mok) summarizing study findings on the bidirectional relationship between obesity and obstructive sleep apnea. The speaker explains that obesity raises the risk of sleep apnea, and untreated sleep apnea makes weight-loss attempts much harder; treating sleep apnea improves the effectiveness of weight-loss efforts but does not automatically cause weight loss.

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Well, does sleep apnea cause weight gain or weight loss? Okay, let's look at the study. So it is bi directional. If you have obesity, you're more likely to have sleep apnea. If you have sleep apnea, it's likely to get better, but it typically won't go away. However, studies have shown people that have sleep apnea and obesity, their efforts to lose weight generally are ineffective until they treat the sleep apnea. So let's restate that. People with sleep apnea, they're trying to lose weight, have a very difficult time losing the weight until they treat the sleep apnea. Now, that's not to say that treating sleep apnea, the weight just falls off. That does not happen. You still have to make efforts, but the efforts are much more rewarded if we treat the sleep apnea.